The other day I had gone back to organizing my home for the Grace By Grace; Room By Room Challenge as I began cleaning up my bedroom. When moving things around I found my Halloween Garden Flag in my bedroom.

I’m not sure why it wasn’t in the tote that holds my flags and cup towels but that is okay because David didn’t want to get them out of the closet and having this garden flag will save me money when I begin decorating.

For me there is something about putting out the first Halloween decoration of the year that makes me realize Halloween really is coming. And this year, I didn’t even have to go looking for my Halloween garden flag. I found it while I was cleaning!

The funny part of the story is I honestly have no idea exactly where I got it. It may have come from Walmart or Ollie’s. Charlie and I’ve ordered things from Temu and SHEIN before, so it could have come from one of those. It may even have been something my mother-in-law gave me.

At this point, I don’t remember. But I do know one thing. I’m glad I found it! Because now I don’t have to go searching for a Halloween garden flag next month. I can simply take this one downstairs and add it to the rest of my Halloween decorations. Then on October 1st I can begun decorting.

The reason I like this particular garden flag so much is because it has so many different patterns and little details. It’s a two-sided flag, so you can see the design whether you’re coming or going.

There are black sections with little triangular cutout-style details, green sections with orange dots, black sections covered in bats, black-and-orange checkerboard patterns, green sections with bats and orange sections covered in polka dots.

Then you have the words: TRICK OR TREAT But the letters aren’t plain. That’s what makes this flag so much fun. Each letter has its own personality. There are diagonal stripes. There are spider webs David liked.

One of the letters looks like a witch’s hat which reminds me of my mom who dressed up as a witch one year for work. There are yellow and white polka dots. There are different shades of orange.

There are pumpkin-inspired details I liked. There’s candy corn. There’s a little bat. There’s a spider and he isn’t scary. And right in the middle, the O is a pumpkin. It’s almost like every section gives you something else to look at. And that’s actually what gave me another idea.

Instead of simply buying a Halloween garden flag, what if we invited our friends and family to design a garden flag? And this is where our new Greatful Moments Interactive Halloween Gift Guide comes in.

A garden flag can become much more than a decoration. It can become a homeschool art activity. Give your friends and family a blank garden-flag template and let them decide what their Halloween flag would look like.

Maybe they want pumpkins. Maybe they want bats. Maybe they want ghosts. Maybe they want candy corn. Maybe they want a giant spider. Maybe they want their name. Maybe they don’t want traditional Halloween colors at all.

Let them decide. If your friends and family loves blue, let them make a blue Halloween flag. If they love purple, use purple. If they want pink pumpkins, why not? This isn’t about making the “perfect” Halloween flag. It’s about letting your friends and family become the designer.

This activity can easily become part of your #homeschool day. Your child can think about colors, patterns, shapes, lettering and symmetry. They can decide which images belong on their flag and where those images should go.

Older children can create repeating patterns. Younger children can practice drawing shapes. They can count how many pumpkins they used. They can write the words TRICK OR TREAT or create their own Halloween message.

They can explain why they chose certain colors. And when they’re finished, you have a piece of artwork that represents their idea of Halloween. That’s a pretty good art lesson to me.

And you don’t have to throw it away which is something I’m really trying to emphasize with our interactive gift guides. I don’t want every children’s activity to be something they make today and throw away tomorrow.

If your friends and family creates a Halloween flag design this year, save it. Write 2026 on it. Put it in your Halloween decorations. Next year, pull it back out then look at what your friends and family created. Then let them make a new one.

Imagine having a collection of your friends and family’s Halloween artwork from year to year. You could eventually look back and see your friends and family’s drawing, handwriting, creativity and ideas changed year to year. That’s something worth keeping.

If your friends and family enjoys sewing, crafting or fabric projects, the printable design could eventually become the inspiration for a real garden flag. But it doesn’t have to. Your friends and family’s artwork can simply be displayed on the refrigerator, framed, hung in their room or added to your Halloween decorations. The important thing is that your friends and family created it.

This is exactly the kind of activity we’re going to include in our Greatful Moments Interactive Halloween Gift Guide. Our friends and family can create something and they can learn something and they can participate while spending time together.

And when an activity is designated as a ticket challenge, they can earn one of our Halloween Tickets. That means a garden flag review can become more than a review. It can become an opportunity to: Shop. Create. Learn. Decorate. And make a memory. While spending time together.

If you’re someone who doesn’t want to spend a fortune decorating for Halloween, don’t underestimate a little garden flag. Whether you live in a house, apartment or somewhere else, a small seasonal decoration can make your space feel festive.

You don’t have to completely transform your home. You don’t have to buy new decorations every year. You can reuse what you already have. And sometimes, the best decoration is one your friends and family made together.

So this Halloween, before you go shopping for another decoration, look around your home. You may already have something you forgot about. Just like I did. And if you don’t have a Halloween garden flag, perhaps instead of buying one, let your friends and family design one. Who knows? Maybe someday I’ll be looking at your friends and family’s Halloween flag and wondering where you found it!

If you were going to create your own Hallloween Garden Flag what would your Halloween garden flag look like? Use the printable below to create your own design. Think about your colors. Think about your patterns.

Think about what you want people to see when they walk past your flag. Then draw your design! Your flag doesn’t have to look like mine. It should look like yours. No, flag is right or wrong.

Parents can create one, too. Siblings can create their own. Grandparents can participate. Friends and neighbors can participate to. And if you’re #homeschooling, turn it into an art lesson and let each child create a different design.

Then display your finished artwork together. And don’t forget to put the year on it! Halloween 2026 Someday, you’ll be glad you did.

FREE HTML PRINTABLE: Design Your Own Halloween Garden Flag

Remember these flags can be created for any Holiday including Fall if you don’t celebrate #Halloween like Charlie and my best friend Debbie.

Grateful, Thankful, Blessed.

Thank you,

Glenda, Charlie and Charlie Cates